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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 21 | Friday February 13, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
10 · Sudoku
12 · Sports
Read my lips: USC students
perform ‘The Vagina
Monologues’ V-Day. PAGE 5
Just short: Women of Troy fall to
Sun Devils at home. PAGE 8
By emily bucko
Daily Trojan
Details released Monday on the
outcome of USC’s participation
in The Great Southern California
ShakeOut last November indicated
that the drill as a whole was suc-cessful.
USC officials found areas
in their emergency procedures that
need refinement, however.
The ShakeOut was an emergency
drill held throughout Southern
California schools, businesses and
private homes based on a potential
magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
Millions of people participated
and it was the largest earthquake-related
emergency drill ever to be
held in the United States, according
to the drill’s official website,
shakeout.org.
At USC, each department on
campus had a different response
plan that was tested. Organizers
said each individual plan has spe-cific
refinements that need to be
made along with changes for the
university’s plan as a whole.
“The purpose of the drill is to test
and validate our plans. While there
are many things that went well,
you also need to identify the things
that need to improve,” said Steven
Goldfarb, USC staff member and a
fire safety and emergency planning
Experts say the drill exposed
areas in USC’s response plan
that need improvement.
| see plan, page 3 |
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
USC and the World Bank signed a memorandum Feb.
4, signifying an agreement of intent between the two
institutions to collaborate and share information, and
making USC the first university to be approached by
the international organization for such a partnership.
The World Bank, which provides money to developing
countries across the globe, chose to sign the memoran-dum
because of its previous experiences working with
USC.
“[The World Bank] made a big point of saying this
is the first memorandum of agreement they’ve signed
with a university,” said Adam Rose, associate dean at
the School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
According to Eric Heikkila, an associate professor
at SPPD, the World Bank was first interested in USC
because of SPPD’s connection with the Association of
Pacific Rim Universities.
APRU, which was founded by USC President Steven
B. Sample, is a consortium of 42 universities in the
Pacific Rim that works together to foster education,
research and enterprise.
Heikkila said by partnering with USC’s SPPD, the
World Bank would also receive access to the rest of
USC’s resources, as well as the resources of the other
universities in APRU.
“APRU is an important organization of top research
universities in Pacific Rim; that’s very attractive to the
World Bank,” Heikkila said.
Heikkila said SPPD was chosen out of all of USC’s
various schools for the memorandum because SPPD
“serves as a kind of gateway.”
“We’re essentially a policy school. The World Bank
University first
to partner with
the World Bank
The World Bank and USC’s School of Policy,
Planning, and Development will work together
to create ideas to help developing countries.
| see bank, page 3 |
Professor Dirk Moses from the University of Sydney discussed the relationship between
Nazism, the Holocaust and imperialism with a panel of students Thursday afternoon.
The event was part of a new speaker series from the USC Department of History.
Lessons of the past
USC reviews
lessons from
ShakeOut
Mike Lee | Daily Trojan
Jean Doh
Hayden Coplen Dylan Dann Chris Cortes
Jake Dodd Won Kun Lee Addison McCaleb
Max Ukropina Alexandra Schaefer Brad Phillipi
Juan David Orjuela
Garavito
Christina Wa
Monish Tyagi
Anjali Naskar
Sam Nagar
Wilson Kyi Eunice Lee
Tim Sae Koo
Andrew Hosea
Howard Fu
Michael Wilhelm
Bret Ewen
2009 USG Senatorial Candidates
Commuter: Greek: Residential:
Leon Russo | Daily Trojan

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 166, NO. 21 | Friday February 13, 2009
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
10 · Sudoku
12 · Sports
Read my lips: USC students
perform ‘The Vagina
Monologues’ V-Day. PAGE 5
Just short: Women of Troy fall to
Sun Devils at home. PAGE 8
By emily bucko
Daily Trojan
Details released Monday on the
outcome of USC’s participation
in The Great Southern California
ShakeOut last November indicated
that the drill as a whole was suc-cessful.
USC officials found areas
in their emergency procedures that
need refinement, however.
The ShakeOut was an emergency
drill held throughout Southern
California schools, businesses and
private homes based on a potential
magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
Millions of people participated
and it was the largest earthquake-related
emergency drill ever to be
held in the United States, according
to the drill’s official website,
shakeout.org.
At USC, each department on
campus had a different response
plan that was tested. Organizers
said each individual plan has spe-cific
refinements that need to be
made along with changes for the
university’s plan as a whole.
“The purpose of the drill is to test
and validate our plans. While there
are many things that went well,
you also need to identify the things
that need to improve,” said Steven
Goldfarb, USC staff member and a
fire safety and emergency planning
Experts say the drill exposed
areas in USC’s response plan
that need improvement.
| see plan, page 3 |
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
USC and the World Bank signed a memorandum Feb.
4, signifying an agreement of intent between the two
institutions to collaborate and share information, and
making USC the first university to be approached by
the international organization for such a partnership.
The World Bank, which provides money to developing
countries across the globe, chose to sign the memoran-dum
because of its previous experiences working with
USC.
“[The World Bank] made a big point of saying this
is the first memorandum of agreement they’ve signed
with a university,” said Adam Rose, associate dean at
the School of Policy, Planning, and Development.
According to Eric Heikkila, an associate professor
at SPPD, the World Bank was first interested in USC
because of SPPD’s connection with the Association of
Pacific Rim Universities.
APRU, which was founded by USC President Steven
B. Sample, is a consortium of 42 universities in the
Pacific Rim that works together to foster education,
research and enterprise.
Heikkila said by partnering with USC’s SPPD, the
World Bank would also receive access to the rest of
USC’s resources, as well as the resources of the other
universities in APRU.
“APRU is an important organization of top research
universities in Pacific Rim; that’s very attractive to the
World Bank,” Heikkila said.
Heikkila said SPPD was chosen out of all of USC’s
various schools for the memorandum because SPPD
“serves as a kind of gateway.”
“We’re essentially a policy school. The World Bank
University first
to partner with
the World Bank
The World Bank and USC’s School of Policy,
Planning, and Development will work together
to create ideas to help developing countries.
| see bank, page 3 |
Professor Dirk Moses from the University of Sydney discussed the relationship between
Nazism, the Holocaust and imperialism with a panel of students Thursday afternoon.
The event was part of a new speaker series from the USC Department of History.
Lessons of the past
USC reviews
lessons from
ShakeOut
Mike Lee | Daily Trojan
Jean Doh
Hayden Coplen Dylan Dann Chris Cortes
Jake Dodd Won Kun Lee Addison McCaleb
Max Ukropina Alexandra Schaefer Brad Phillipi
Juan David Orjuela
Garavito
Christina Wa
Monish Tyagi
Anjali Naskar
Sam Nagar
Wilson Kyi Eunice Lee
Tim Sae Koo
Andrew Hosea
Howard Fu
Michael Wilhelm
Bret Ewen
2009 USG Senatorial Candidates
Commuter: Greek: Residential:
Leon Russo | Daily Trojan